A High Class of Freebie

The next in line of the freebies from BBC Music magazine. From time to time there have been objections about these freebies from the recording industry regarding possible adverse effects on sales. I don't believe that argument has a lot of validity but it does give slight pause for thought when coming across an example of the quality of this one.Italian Baroque Concertos by the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Directed by Catherine Mackintosh from the violin. This would have made a considerable commercial release. It's noticeable that recently the freebies have become a lot more in house with mainly performances from the bBC's own orchestras. Back to the music on this disk, it includes concertos by Corelli, Castrucci, Scarlatti ( Alessandro ), Handel, Vivaldi, Geminiani and Stradella. A real find to revisit since it has ludicrously been sitting unplayed on my shelf for over six years !